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upper Cretaceous rocks, undivided

upper Cretaceous rocks, undivided
StateTexas
Nameupper Cretaceous rocks, undivided
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late
Original map labelKu
Commentslimestone, shale, marl, sandstone, clay, sand, fine-grained mixed clastic, medium-grained mixed clastic, coarse-grained mixed clastic, mixed clastic/carbonate
Primary rock typelimestone
Secondary rock typeshale
Other rock typesmudstone; sandstone; clay or mud; sand; fine-grained mixed clastic; medium-grained mixed clastic; coarse-grained mixed clastic; mixed clastic/carbonate
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mixed-clastic > Sandstone-Mudstone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Marlstone (Bed)
Map references
Bureau of Economic Geology, 1992, Geologic Map of Texas: University of Texas at Austin, Virgil E. Barnes, project supervisor, Hartmann, B.M. and Scranton, D.F., cartography, scale 1:500,000
Unit references
Bureau of Economic Geology, 1968, Van Horn-El Paso Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas: Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, scale 1:250,000.
Bureau of Economic Geology, 1970, Waco Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, scale 1:250,000.
Geographic coverageAnderson - Freestone - Leon

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